Best Children's Vacation Products 1996: Award Winners


Uncle Milton Industries

Ant Farm Village
Educational Toy
(ages 6-12 yrs.) $24.00
800-869-7555
Uncle Milton has been famous for over 40 years for creating the original Ant Farm. Now the entire farm can be linked along an "antway" tube or stairs. The new product connects with a water feeder plus an "Ant Watcher's Guide" book. Children learn about the hard work of ants and their special functions in the insect world. This is a project that will help children gain useful information plus have a lot of fun.



Mobile Mania

Uncle Milton Industries

Mobile Mania
Creative Craft Project
(ages 6-10 yrs.) $10.00
800-869-7555
A very enjoyable, constructive project that is simple for children to create and enjoy for a long time. The mobile kit includes pictures, patterns, wires, thread and hooks to make 2 or more mobiles. There are 24 different themes that are easy for the child. Three different sets include Color and Clip, Holograph and Black and White. The topics of the mobiles include animals, ocean, dinosaurs, sharks and others. Children will enjoy decorating their room with their own artwork.



Star Theater

Uncle Milton Industries

Star Theater
Educational Toy
(ages 8-12 yrs.) $35.00
800-869-7555
Children hold great fascination with the stars, planets and constellations in the galaxy. They want to learn more. This is a great way to encourage your young astronomer to investigate the sky and learn directly through the use of this home planetarium. The theater provides accurate orientation to the sky. It can also be used as a glow-in-the-dark, three dimensional star map. Added value to this reasonably priced scientific product is a 50 minute audio cassette produced by a leading astronomer for guidance to the stars, myths and legends.



Super GeoScope

Uncle Milton Industries

Super GeoScope
Educational Toy
(ages 6-10 yrs.) $33.50
800-869-7555
A wonderful product for children to learn more about the outdoors up close. This is a well designed, self lit, in and out of doors, high quality microscope. It can also be used underwater. It has an extra wide field of view. An illustrated activity guide is included, plus all the tools the young scientist needs to get close to the specimens. The tools are forceps, water dropper, slides and there is even a storage drawer to hold them. You will need to add an AA battery. A great value for hours of fun.


(c) 1996, 1997 Stevanne Auerbach, PhD San Francisco, CA.
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